Congresswoman Claudia Tenney Releases Statement on Record Turnout in Georgia Midterm Elections

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-22), co-chair of the House Election Integrity Caucus, today released the following statement following record-breaking turnout in Georgia’s midterm election yesterday.

"Last year we saw a shameful and coordinated campaign by President Biden, Stacey Abrams, and others to deliberately mischaracterize Georgia’s new election integrity law. Yesterday, with record turnout in Georgia’s midterm election primary, these efforts were exposed for exactly what they were: a shameless publicity stunt designed to mislead the American people and score cheap political points.

“The election reform bill passed in Georgia last year was not ‘Jim Crow in a suit and tie’ as Democrats contended. It didn’t prohibit family members from dropping off absentee ballots, it didn’t ban early voting on Sunday, and it didn’t change Georgia’s Election Day voting hours. The bill simply made it easier to vote and harder to cheat.

“President Biden and Stacey Abrams owe the nation an apology. They injected bitter partisanship into the national conversation for no reason other than to deliberately mislead the American people and divide the nation.”

In 2021, Georgia enacted an election integrity measure designed to strengthen election security and improve election administration. Several prominent Democrats, including President Biden and Stacey Abrams, claimed falsely that the bill was designed to “suppress the vote” without providing any evidence. Yesterday’s record turnout proves them wrong. In the 2018 midterm gubernatorial primary, 607,441 total votes were cast for Republicans and 555,089 votes were cast in the Democratic primary. This year, turnout surged in both contests. In the Republican primary, 1,193,361 votes were cast – a 96% increase in turnout. This year in the Democratic primary, which was uncontested, 709,118 ballots were cast, a 28% increase in overall turnout.

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